Haere mai (vocal version)

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TEACHING SUGGESTIONS

“Haere Mai” was made famous when it was sung by Inia Te Wiata on a recording called Waiata Māori: Inia Te Wiata Festival of Maori Song (1996), Kiwi Records.
There are many Maori waiata of welcome, most using similar ritual words. The one chosen here is a well-known, uplifting waiata that can also be used as a waiata kīnaki to support a speaker.

On this version, guitars and ukulele have been introduced, together with harmonies. This version is an example of a large group of men, women, and children singing together onstage.

When used in the classroom as a call-and-response song, this waiata is an effective way of encouraging students to listen carefully and repeat what they hear.

“Haere Mai” is a three-chord song, and this version would work well in an exercise to encourage students to listen for chord changes and is ideally suited to ukulele and guitar accompaniment.

[Translation]

All the tribes, welcome.
Welcome
On to the marae
All of us gathered here.

Girls, Boys,
Uplift your Maori prestige
To float on high
All the tribes
Welcome, welcome.

For more teaching suggestions go to
- Into Music artsonline.tki.org.nz/Teaching-and-Learning/Secondary-teaching-resources/Music-Sound-Arts/Units-and-sequences/Into-Music-1-Classroom-Music-in-Years-1-3

For further resources and support go to
- menza.co.nz/
- onza.nz/
- nzukulele.org.nz/

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